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MetroPCS has just announced new 4G LTE data plans for those who don’t want to keep one eye on data usage or try to decipher the complexity of other offerings. You’ll get unlimited talk and text with all three, and unlimited, 2.5GB and 500MB of 4G LTE hustle for $60, $50 and $40 respectively, all taxes in. You’ll be able add a matching 4G device with the plan starting at less than a hundred bills up to the $499 Galaxy S III — even the thickest of us can grasp all that. Check the source for more info.

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As much as we’ve heard about Firefox OS, there hasn’t been a lot of talk about actual devices. We can put at least one major manufacturer on the list, however. ZTE’s US chief Cheng Lixin tells Bloomberg that his company is working with an unspecified European carrier to ship a Mozilla-friendly phone sometime in 2013. It’s a modest beginning, but Cheng notes that the OS could cross the Atlantic and reach the US this year if ZTE decides the platform is viable enough for the trip. Just what that that European phone involves is another matter — it’s unlikely that the mystery device we saw at CES represents ZTE’s future hardware. Between this and TCL’s commitment earlier this week, though, it’s evident that Mozilla’s platform is becoming a tangible reality.

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Via: The Next Web

Source: Bloomberg

T-Mobile USA isn’t just happy to have an official deal with Apple in place; it’s ready to crow about the fans who’ve already signed up. CEO John Legere told those at a Citi conference that his carrier is activating 100,000 new iPhones every month, despite many of those users still having to chase down an unlocked model and forgo 3G until T-Mobile’s spectrum refarming comes their way. That rate mate be accelerating — there’s 1.9 million total iPhone customers on Magenta’s network, or 200,000 more since they were last counted on December 6th. Legere wasn’t about to predict how that statistic would change once T-Mobile was clear to sell Apple gear in an official capacity; something tells us, however, that the rate won’t exactly slow down.

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Source: TmoNews

Word of a Sprint pay-as-you-go service crossed our desks just yesterday in the form of a leaked slide, and now Big Yellow has confirmed to FierceWireless that the effort, dubbed Sprint As You Go, will launch on January 25th. The Now Network’s new initiative will offer a $70 monthly plan for smartphones and a $50-a-month plan for feature phones. Both options won’t offer premium features such as WiFi tethering and Sprint Navigation, but Sprint says customers will see neither hide nor hair of data caps or speed throttling. As for hardware, the smartphone tier includes the LTE-enabled Samsung Victory at $250 and the LG Optimus Elite for $150. On the feature phone end of the spectrum, Samsung’s Array and M400 handsets are available on the service (presumably ringing up at $80 and $50, respectively). Angling to take advantage of Sprint’s new offer? You’ll have to forgo online shopping this time, as the firm is making the offer available exclusively through it’s brick-and-mortar Sprint Stores.

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Via: PhoneDog

Source: FierceWireless

HTC’s mid-range One VX just recently made its debut on AT&T, and we now have some official word on the US debut of its slightly smaller counterpart, the LTE-equipped One SV. It will be available solely on Cricket Wireless starting January 16th, where it will set you back $349.99 off-contract. That will buy you a 4.3-inch WVGA display (of the Super LCD 2 variety), a 1.2GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, front and rear-facing cameras (5 megapixel, f/2.0 and 1.6 megapixel, f/2.2, respectively), a microSD card slot and Android 4.0 with HTC’s Sense 4 interface. As you can see, it also comes in a bright Flame red color, which is the only option for the time being.

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Source: Cricket Wireless